DC COMICS NEWS ROUNDUP

DC Comics has announced a Sept. 18 release for The Judas Coin, a 94-page hardcover graphic novel written and illustrated byWalter Simonson.

DC unveiled the cover for the book, which will feature characters from across the DC Universe.

"The cover for The Judas Coin was designed and drawn with inspiration provided in part by movie posters from the '60s and '70s," Simonson said. "In particular, I was thinking of the posters of Bob Peak, who did such beautiful work back then with montage. Peak was a master at creating a strong central image and surrounding it with smaller, often fairly loose images derived from various scenes in the movie.

"I make no claims to Peak's draftsmanship, but for a work like The Judas Coin, comprised as it is of six separate but related stories, I wanted a cover that would provide both a strong visual image at its core, and a series of small drawings that would reflect the structure of the book's interior. Batman and Two-Face, eternal enemies, provided a good focal point. The vignettes around them echo the individual stories within the book."

In other DC news:

* A second printing of Batman #4 is scheduled to be in stores on Feb. 22.

* Superman: The Action Comics Archives Vol. 6 will be resolicited.

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* Dark Horse Comics has released a third "It's All Going to Hell in 2012" teaser image for B.P.R.D.

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* Zenescope Entertainment has announced that Alice in Wonderland #1 has sold out, with an initial print run of 19,000. According to the publisher, there are no plans for a second printing.